Planet Earth

[Sark79]

Has anyone been watching David Attenborough's Planet Earth series on BBC?

Its the last one on Sunday. 

Last week there was a Cave with fantastic crystals in it. Can anyone remember the name of the Cave or where it was?

I have tried to search for the particular cave online, but I can't recall its name.

The week before the CAVE episode, Attenborough had a feature about swimming monkeys . Did anyone know monkeys could swim under water?  I found this amazing. I had no idea they could do that. As humans we can overcome the natural buoyancy we have by telling ourselves it is safe to hold our breaths and dive down through the water. But I wasn't aware monkeys were capable of this.

  Dogs are great swimmers, but if they were faced with a life threatening situation where diving under water could safe their life, would they be able to reason that this course of action would be their best chance of survival?   Afterall in normal circumstances dogs wouldn't need to put their heads beneath the water, so would have no knowledge of how to do this.

Jesus... I really need to get a life   . 

Sundays won't be the same without the Planet Earth series. But still, there is the new Derren Brown series which has just started to look forward to.   

[matt674]

The week before the CAVE episode, Attenborough had a feature about swimming monkeys . Did anyone know monkeys could swim under water?  I found this amazing. I had no idea they could do that.
 

There's lots of things we can do that you humans dont know about, keep it under your hat but there is a rumour going round that we are even learning how to play poker!!


(albeit very slowly!!) 

[Graham C]

They'll take over the world one day!

The Lechuguilla cave system in the USA is 193km long and 500m deep with astonishing crystal formations hanging from its chambers Sark

got it from http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/planetearth/prog_summary.shtml#4

Great program wasnt it.  I didnt fancy that one with all the cockroaches though.  Well, I didn't fancy any to be honest but that one in particular!

[bundle]

There is a good cave in Gotham City too...

[Sark79]

They'll take over the world one day!

The Lechuguilla cave system in the USA is 193km long and 500m deep with astonishing crystal formations hanging from its chambers Sark

got it from http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/planetearth/prog_summary.shtml#4

Great program wasnt it.  I didnt fancy that one with all the cockroaches though.  Well, I didn't fancy any to be honest but that one in particular!

yep thats the one Graham. Cheers.

I would love to go down and have a look at those crystals. Unfortunately I am afraid of heights and would probably feel claustrophobic if I had to squeeze along the tight gaps in the Cave  .  I will just have to wait untill someone invents a Star Trek style transporter device...lol

Yea Bundle, the cave in batman does look good. Unfortunately there is the problem with heights again 

[AdamM]

if you're in a cave is it not a fear of depths?

[Sark79]

if you're in a cave is it not a fear of depths?

I guess so, but if you are standing at the top of a huge drop, depths and heights are the same thing aren't they?

Depends on the wording 

[bundle]

I guess so, but if you are standing at the top of a huge drop, depths and heights are the same thing aren't they?

  Well here the fear is the same, the fear of falling
silly fear really, because falling never hurt anyone, it’s the sudden stop at the bottom that will kill you.